It's been awhile since I assembled a maintained a FreeBSD data center (fall 2012) back in the FreeBSD 8.x days when I was forced into a disability retirement from my IT career. Now I'm at FreeBSD 13.1 and I'm scratching my head going through man pages and the handbook and can't find the simple answer on how to disable sshd from timing out. When I'm logged into my laptop at home in the same LAN behind the firewall, I want to be able to keep an active ssh console going at all times. The head of the server (keyboard, monitor and pointing device) do not disconnect, but my ssh sessions within the same secure LAN do. What do I need to change in what files to keep an indefinite session alive with PuTTY or Tera Term Pro SSH. I would like to have my laptop stay logged in running a top -s1 which is what I do as a habit to monitor a server. It gives me a snap shot of the server's health. I'm also open to someone who has a better recommendation for ssh clients. I wouldn't be surprised if PuTTY and Tera Term Pro SSH are outdated and no longer recommended for net and sys admin.
I understand FreeBSD has gotten much more security intense since I last majorly deployed it almost a decade ago. Not surprising since hackers get more creative all the time and network security needs to evolve. I feel like Scotty from the ST:TNG episode Relics. Someone help an old man out. I know I'm missing something, but what? I also know I have a decade of catching up to do so please bear with this old man.
I understand FreeBSD has gotten much more security intense since I last majorly deployed it almost a decade ago. Not surprising since hackers get more creative all the time and network security needs to evolve. I feel like Scotty from the ST:TNG episode Relics. Someone help an old man out. I know I'm missing something, but what? I also know I have a decade of catching up to do so please bear with this old man.